| 1776 | Blatchington Mill School | 1,635 pupils | State · Day | Hove, South East | — |
| 1777 | Grey Court School | 1,631 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Richmond, London | — |
| 1778 | Carlton Bolling | 1,630 pupils | Academy · Day | Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber | — |
| 1779 | Chesterfield High School | 1,628 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Liverpool, North West | — |
| 1780 | King Edward VI School | 1,627 pupils | State · Day · 6th | Lichfield, West Midlands | — |
| 1781 | Ringwood School Academy | 1,626 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Ringwood, South East | — |
| 1782 | Rainham School for Girls | 1,625 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Gillingham, South East | — |
| 1783 | Park View School | 1,617 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Chester le Street, North East | — |
| 1784 | Abbey Grange Church of England Academy | 1,615 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber | — |
| 1785 | Thomas Gainsborough School | 1,615 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Sudbury, East of England | — |
| 1786 | Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College | 1,614 pupils | State · Day · 6th | Altrincham, North West | — |
| 1787 | Ryburn Valley High School | 1,614 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire and the Humber | — |
| 1788 | The Chalk Hills Academy | 1,614 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Luton, East of England | — |
| 1789 | Lift Greensward | 1,613 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Hockley, East of England | — |
| 1790 | Co-op Academy Manchester | 1,610 pupils | Academy · Day | Manchester, North West | — |
| 1791 | Goffs Academy | 1,606 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Waltham Cross, East of England | — |
| 1792 | Beckfoot School | 1,605 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Bingley, Yorkshire and the Humber | — |
| 1793 | The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School | 1,605 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Stevenage, East of England | — |
| 1794 | Ashton-on-Mersey School | 1,600 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Sale, North West | — |
| 1795 | Oakwood School | 1,600 pupils | State · Day | Horley, South East | — |
| 1796 | Sackville School | 1,599 pupils | State · Day · 6th | East Grinstead, South East | — |
| 1797 | Christopher Whitehead Language College | 1,596 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Worcester, West Midlands | — |
| 1798 | Valley Park School | 1,595 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Maidstone, South East | — |
| 1799 | Ravens Wood School | 1,592 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | Bromley, London | — |
| 1800 | Woolwich Polytechnic School | 1,592 pupils | Academy · Day · 6th | London, London | — |